2025

As we mark World Refugee Day 2025, the world stands at a critical crossroads in its treatment of those who are forcibly displaced. This day is not just a moment of remembrance, it is a call to action, a political imperative, and a moral obligation to challenge systems of exclusion, abandonment, and violence that millions of refugees face every day...

The 62nd session of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies (SB62) opened on Monday, June 16, 2025, at the World Conference Center in Bonn, Germany, bringing together delegates from around the world to advance technical negotiations on climate action ahead of COP30 in Belém, Brazil 12...

Accompanying the SB62 Bonn negotiations SB62 (Subsidiary Meeting n.62) refers to the upcoming United Nations climate change meetings in Bonn, Germany, taking place from June 16 to 26, 2025. These sessions are where experts and countries will discuss important climate issues in preparation for COP30 later this year.

16–26 June 2025 | Bonn, Germany UN Framework Convention on Climate Change – UNFCCC Adaptation will feature prominently at the mid-year UNFCCC negotiations, including efforts to narrow down indicators to measure progress towards the Global Goal on Adaptation established in the Paris Agreement, as well as matters related to the Adaptation Fund...

From 5 to 7 June 2025, at the Villa Kostka Retreat House in Huachipa - Lima, the Meeting of Indigenous Peoples "For Good Living - Allin Kawsay - Tajimat Pujut" was held. One of its main objectives was to establish synergies between institutions and promote sectoral dialogues that strengthen empowerment from the perspective of Good Living, Allin Kawsay and Tajima Pujut, the native peoples...

From the social sector of the Society of Jesus we express our sorrow at the continuing violence in so many places in the world, and in a special way in Gaza, where the civilian population suffers the consequences of a prolonged occupation, indiscriminate attacks and unbearable living conditions. This is not just a conflict, but a structural situation that denies rights and perpetuates suffering.

Fr. Dan Corrou, SJ, Director of Jesuit Refugee Service Middle East and North Africa (JRS MENA) underscored the need to support efforts that respond to the plight of refugees and migrants, noting that while the number of displaced people worldwide is rising, funding is diminishing...

On Monday, June 9, Canadian Jesuits International (CJI) staff had the honour of welcoming Cardinal Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno, S.J., to its office in Toronto. Cardinal Barreto — the Emeritus Metropolitan Archbishop of Huancayo (Peru), President of the Episcopal Conference of the Amazon, and close collaborator of Pope Francis on Laudato Sí— stopped by on his way to the G7 Jubilee People’s Forum scheduled June 12-15 in Calgary...

US President Donald Trump orders California National Guardsmen and marines to L.A. in response to protests against expanded raids aimed at undocumented migrants.

A selection of resources on the global debt crisis can now be found on Jesuit Missions’ website, as part of its ongoing campaigning on the issue...